The Clippers rallied from a 22-point deficit in the first quarter and a 16-point deficit in the fourth quarter to pull out a 101-99 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday afternoon at Staples Center to tie the best-of-seven Western Conference semifinal playoff series at 2-2.

With Game 5 on Tuesday night at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Chris Paul suggested that the Clippers can’t carry the momentum from Sunday’s stirring victory with them.

“At the end of the day, we’re going to start the game 0-0,” Paul said after scoring 23 points and handing out 10 assists. “We’re going to their place. I think we got to bring that same energy and mind-set, not the one we started off with. We just have to understand that sometimes you just have to impose your will, just play hard.”

The Clippers did win Game 1 in Oklahoma City before losing Game 2 there and Game 3 at Staples Center on Friday night.

There were 26 pitchers in baseball's 300-save club before Wednesday, an elite group headed by a right-hander who had the game's most devastating cut fastball (Mariano Rivera), another who had one of baseball's best changeups (Trevor Hoffman), and a left-hander who threw 98 mph (Billy Wagner).

A 5-2 win over Minnesota on Wednesday night proved costly for the Angels, who lost David Freese to a fractured right index finger, an injury that will sideline the third baseman for several weeks, and center fielder Daniel Robertson to right shoulder stiffness, an injury that is not serious.